Team Ladders Workout

We did this workout last week and it was a good one. Personally I feel a workout has to meet certain criteria for a group.

1) It's got to meet everyone's needs if possible.
You are often going to have someone who's got slight injury and thus limitations, but barring that, everyone can do the workout.

2) It's got to work for the range of abilities.
The workout needs to be scalable so that whether you are an elite athlete or a beginner, you can get a "10" and feel like you've pushed yourself to the limits of your own abilities.

3) It's got to be fun!
The more fun a workout is, the more people will enjoy themselves and the better their experience will be. Working in pairs like this definitley makes it more fun as people can help one another.

This is a particular favorite of mine because it has unlimited possibilities. You can substitute any number of exercises. I keep it in my "back pocket" so-to-speak for rainy days or when I need an "on-the-spot" solution. If you have no equipment, no problem!

Here are the rules:
There are 9 exercises, thus you "climb" the ladder.

The first "rung" is exercise one. Each person does one rep. When the first person does their rep, the second person waits their turn. You keep going back and forth this way for two, three, four, etc. working your way up to 9 reps each.

By the time you are done with the first exercise, each person will have completed 45 reps. With 9 exercises you will each perform 405 total reps.

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If you start with 9 reps and work down to 1, you'll have a pyramid. Many people prefer this approach and it's also a very challenging workout.